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Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal

Alabama rates for HCPCS 52310

A scope is passed through the urethra into the bladder to remove a foreign object, stone, or previously placed drainage tube (stent), when the removal is straightforward. It's a diagnostic-and-treatment procedure done in one visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bladder Scope with Simple Object Removal cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$219 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$776 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,388Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $148 to $575
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $295

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$389.05

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 42nd of 51

$331

WI $759RI $257

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.